Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Films

Here is a list of the Best Indian Films as voted by Bengal Film Journalists' Association as part of their annual awards.

In most years the films are listed in order of merit as voted by the jury of the association.

1939
Source
 * Best Indian Film
 * Aadmi
 * Best Bengali Film
 * Jiban Maran
 * Best Hindi Film
 * Aadmi
 * Best Foreign Film
 * Pygmalion

1940

 * Best Indian Film
 * Aurat
 * Best Bengali Film
 * Doctor
 * Best Hindi Film
 * Aurat
 * Best Foreign Film
 * Gone With The Wind

1941
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Pratisruti
 * 2) Padosi
 * 3) Sikandar
 * 4) Naya Sansar
 * 5) Khazanchi
 * 6) Parichay
 * 7) Punar Milan
 * 8) Pardesi
 * 9) Raj Nartaki
 * 10) Nandini


 * Foreign films
 * 1) Citizen Kane
 * 2) Kitty Foyle
 * 3) Hold Back the Dawn
 * 4) The Letter
 * 5) The Philadelphia Story
 * 6) Meet John Doe
 * 7) Blossoms in the Dust
 * 8) The Great Dictator
 * 9) My Life with Caroline
 * 10) Back Street

1942
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Apna Ghar
 * 2) Garmil
 * 3) Bondi
 * 4) Bharat Milap
 * 5) Saugandh
 * 6) Doctor
 * 7) Kunwara Baap
 * 8) Basant
 * 9) Shesh Uttar
 * 10) Lagan


 * Foreign films
 * 1) How Green Was My Valley
 * 2) Fantasia
 * 3) H. M. Pulham, Esq.
 * 4) Ball of Fire
 * 5) It Started With Eve
 * 6) Suspicion
 * 7) Two-Faced Woman
 * 8) The Little Foxes
 * 9) Pimpernel Smith
 * 10) Reap The Wild Wind

1944
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Ram Shastri
 * 2) Udayer Pathey
 * 3) Shakuntala
 * 4) Wapas
 * 5) Sondhi
 * 6) Parakh
 * 7) Dasi
 * 8) Fashion
 * 9) Chhadmabeshi
 * 10) Zameen


 * Foreign films
 * 1) The Song of Bernadette
 * 2) Madam Curie
 * 3) Since You Went Away
 * 4) For Whom The Bell Tolls
 * 5) It Happened Tomorrow
 * 6) Constant Nymph
 * 7) Going My Way
 * 8) Mission to Moscow
 * 9) Heaven Can Wait
 * 10) Jane Eyre and The North Star

1945
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 * 1) Bhabhi Kaal
 * 2) Parbat Pe Apna Dera
 * 3) Dui Purush
 * 4) Kashinath
 * 5) Ek Din Ka Sultan
 * 6) Aaina
 * 7) Din Raat
 * 8) Mun-Ki-Jit
 * 9) Devdasi
 * 10) Mazdoor


 * Foreign films
 * 1) Gaslight
 * 2) The Lost Weekend
 * 3) Arsenic and Old Lace
 * 4) A Song to Remember
 * 5) Wilson
 * 6) A Thousand And One Nights
 * 7) Henry V
 * 8) Dragon Seed
 * 9) The Seventh Cross
 * 10) The Picture of Dorian Gray

1961
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Teen Kanya
 * 2) Gunga Jumna
 * 3) Punasha
 * 4) Madhya Rater Tara
 * 5) Saptapadi
 * 6) Kanoon
 * 7) Char Diwari
 * 8) Usne Kaha Tha
 * 9) Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai
 * 10) Swayambara


 * Foreign films
 * 1) Ben-Hur
 * 2) Apartment
 * 3) Kanał
 * 4) Devochka Ishchet Otsa
 * 5) The Millionairess
 * 6) On The Beach
 * 7) South Pacific
 * 8) Pepe
 * 9) The Singer Not the Song
 * 10) Elmer Gantry

1962
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Abhijan
 * 2) Kanchanjangha
 * 3) Kancher Swarga
 * 4) Dada Thakur
 * 5) Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
 * 6) Bhagini Nivedita
 * 7) Sautela Bhai
 * 8) Hansuli Banker Upakatha
 * 9) Arati
 * 10) Benarasi


 * Foreign films
 * 1) Two Women
 * 2) The Naked Island
 * 3) Ballad of a Soldier
 * 4) Come September
 * 5) The Guns of Navarone
 * 6) The Longest Day
 * 7) Spartacus
 * 8) La Dolce Vita
 * 9) Sleeping Beauty
 * 10) Psycho

1963
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 * Indian Films
 * 1) Mahanagar
 * 2) Nirjan Saikate
 * 3) Bandini
 * 4) Saat Pake Bandha
 * 5) Palatak
 * 6) Uttar Falguni
 * 7) Gumrah
 * 8) Nisithe
 * 9) Chhaya Surya
 * 10) Dil Ek Mandir


 * Foreign films
 * 1) The Birds
 * 2) Judgment at Nuremberg
 * 3) The World of Suzie Wong
 * 4) The Cranes Are Flying
 * 5) Can-Can
 * 6) To Kill a Mockingbird
 * 7) The Loudest Whisper
 * 8) The V.I.P.s
 * 9) El Cid
 * 10) A Very Private Affair

1964
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Charulata
 * 2) Arohi
 * 3) Dosti
 * 4) Shehar Aur Sapna
 * 5) Pratinidhi
 * 6) Jotugriha
 * 7) Anushtup Chanda
 * 8) Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Men
 * 9) Jiban Kahini
 * 10) Sangam


 * Foreign films
 * 1) The Night of the Iguana
 * 2) West Side Story
 * 3) Parent Trap
 * 4) The Condemned of Altona
 * 5) Lilies of the Field
 * 6) Charade
 * 7) Five Miles to Midnight
 * 8) Hatari!
 * 9) Leopard
 * 10) Hud

1965
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Atithi
 * 2) Subarnarekha
 * 3) Haqeeqat
 * 4) Eki Ange Eto Rup
 * 5) Kapurush o Mahapurush
 * 6) Raja Ram Mohan
 * 7) Baksho Badal
 * 8) Akash Kusum
 * 9) Aarzoo
 * 10) Geet Gaya Patharon Ne


 * Foreign films
 * 1) My Fair Lady
 * 2) The Visit
 * 3) Divorce Italian Style

1966
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Teesri Kasam
 * 2) Nayak
 * 3) Shaheed
 * 4) Guide
 * 5) Galpo Holeo Satti
 * 6) Mamta
 * 7) Kanch Kata Hirey
 * 8) Gaban
 * 9) Subhashchandra
 * 10) Aasman Mahal


 * Foreign films
 * 1) Lawrence of Arabia
 * 2) Love at Twenty
 * 3) Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

1967
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Chhuti
 * 2) Balika Badhu
 * 3) Anupama
 * 4) Kedar Raja
 * 5) Shakespeare Wallah
 * 6) Uski Kahani
 * 7) Aakhri Khat
 * 8) Hatey Bazarey
 * 9) Upkar
 * 10) Milan


 * Foreign films
 * 1) Dr. Zhivago
 * 2) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
 * 3) Zorba The Greek

1968
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Apanjan
 * 2) Majhli Didi
 * 3) Chotto Jigyasa
 * 4) Sunghursh
 * 5) Aadmi
 * 6) Chowringhee
 * 7) Baghini
 * 8) Raja Aur Runk
 * 9) Hamraaz
 * 10) Charan Kavi Mukundadas


 * Foreign films
 * 1) The Agony and the Ecstasy
 * 2) Fahrenheit 451
 * 3) Lord Jim

1969
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Bhuvan Shome
 * 2) Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
 * 3) Aashirwad
 * 4) Saraswatichandra
 * 5) Anokhi Raat
 * 6) Arogya Niketan
 * 7) Natun Pata
 * 8) Rahgir
 * 9) Nannha Farishta
 * 10) Parineeta


 * Foreign film
 * 1) 2001: A Space Odyssey
 * 2) Rosemary's Baby
 * 3) Bonnie and Clyde

1970
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Pratidwandi
 * 2) Mera Naam Joker
 * 3) Sagina Mahato
 * 4) Interview
 * 5) Samaj Ko Badal Dalo
 * 6) Diba Ratrir Kabya
 * 7) Satyakam
 * 8) Safar
 * 9) Darpan
 * 10) Aranyer Din Ratri


 * Foreign films
 * 1) Blowup
 * 2) The Graduate
 * 3) Blow Hot, Blow Cold

1971
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Nimantran
 * 2) Anand
 * 3) Seemabaddha
 * 4) Chetna
 * 5) Sara Akash
 * 6) Malyadan
 * 7) Guddi
 * 8) Ekhonee
 * 9) Tere Mere Sapne
 * 10) Khamoshi


 * Foreign films
 * 1) Charly
 * 2) Woodstock
 * 3) Midnight Cowboy

1972
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Anubhav
 * 2) Phir Bhi
 * 3) Calcutta 71
 * 4) Pakeezah
 * 5) Dastak
 * 6) Bigalita Karuna Janhabi Jamuna
 * 7) Uphaar
 * 8) Hare Rama Hare Krishna
 * 9) Memsaab
 * 10) Bawarchi


 * Foreign film
 * Summer of '42

1973
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Padatik
 * 2) Achanak
 * 3) Streer Patra
 * 4) Saudagar
 * 5) Ashani Sanket
 * 6) Koshish
 * 7) Abhimaan
 * 8) Shriman Prithviraj
 * 9) Bilet Pherat
 * 10) Parichay


 * Foreign film
 * Zabriskie Point

1974
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Ankur
 * 2) Chorus
 * 3) Garm Hawa
 * 4) Rajnigandha
 * 5) Chhenra Tamsuk
 * 6) Sonar Kella
 * 7) Namak Haram
 * 8) Sujata
 * 9) Jadubangsha
 * 10) Phuleswari


 * Foreign film
 * The French Connection

1975
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Nishant
 * 2) Sansar Simantey
 * 3) Palanka
 * 4) Aavishkar
 * 5) Mili


 * Foreign film
 * The Touch

1985
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 * Indian films


 * 1) Paar
 * 2) Ghare Baire
 * 3) Paroma
 * 4) Aashray
 * 5) Neelkantha


 * Foreign film
 * A Passage to India

1986
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Kony
 * 2) Atanka
 * 3) Party
 * 4) Ek Pal
 * 5) Ankahiee


 * Foreign film
 * The Killing Fields

1987
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Mirch Masala
 * 2) Debshishu
 * 3) Chopper
 * 4) Nagpash
 * 5) Aaj Ka Robinhood


 * Foreign film
 * Fanny & Alexander

1988
Source
 * Indian films
 * 1) New Delhi Times
 * 2) Phera
 * 3) Pestonjee
 * 4) Utsav
 * 5) Madhuban


 * Foreign film
 * The Sacrifice

1991
Source
 * Indian films
 * 1) Ek Doctor Ki Maut
 * 2) Astuhara
 * 3) Mahaprithibi
 * 4) Prahaar: The Final Attack
 * 5) Drishti


 * Foreign film
 * The Whales of August

1992
Source
 * Indian films
 * 1) Agantuk
 * 2) Shakha Proshakha
 * 3) Goopi Bagha Phire Elo
 * 4) Antardhan
 * 5) Current

1994
Source Wheel Chair Silpi Sardar
 * Indian films

1995
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Mammo
 * 2) Drohkal
 * 3) Charachar

1996
Source
 * Indian films
 * 1) Unishe April
 * 2) Yuganta
 * 3) Maachis

1998
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 * Best Hindi film
 * Godmother

1999
Source
 * Best Hindi film
 * Satya

2000
Source
 * Indian films
 * 1) Uttara
 * 2) Paromitar Ekdin
 * 3) Kichchu Sanglap Kichchu Pralap

2001
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Utsab
 * 2) Dekha
 * 3) Zubeidaa

2002
Source
 * Indian films
 * 1) Mr. & Mrs. Iyer
 * 2) Aamar Bhuban
 * 3) Sanjh Batir Rupkathara


 * Hindi film
 * The Legend of Bhagat Singh

2003
Source
 * Indian films
 * 1) Abar Aranye
 * 2) Chokher Bali
 * 3) Mondo Meyer Upakhyan


 * Hindi film
 * Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.

2004
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 * Indian films
 * 1) Iti Sreekanta
 * 2) Mahulbanir Sereng
 * 3) Abar Asbo Phire
 * Hindi film
 * Swades

2005
Source
 * Indian films
 * 1) Krantikaal
 * 2) Nishi Japan
 * 3) Antarmahal


 * Hindi film
 * Black

2005
Source
 * Indian films
 * 1) Faltu
 * 2) Dosar
 * 3) Bhalobasar Anek Naam


 * Hindi film
 * Lage Raho Munnabhai